Hospice Open Golf Competition

This is your chance to compete for the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Cup!

We would like to invite teams to enter the St Margaret of Hospice Open Golf Competition, which takes place on Friday, 18 August 2017.

The event was first held last year and proved to be a great success, with 30 teams of four taking part.

This year’s Competition, at Balmore Golf Club in Glasgow, will take the same format, with teams of four pitting their wits against each other in a friendly Texas Scramble tournament for the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Cup.

Entry costs £100 per team, with players of all abilities invited to participate. Each golfer will have their name announced on the tee in the style of golf’s Major championships.

Prizes will be awarded for scratch, handicap, longest drive and closest to the pin, in addition to other in-play prizes.

After the last putt has been sunk, players can head to the clubhouse for food and refreshments and take part in a raffle and silent auction.

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Ross Napier, who carried out volunteering work at the Hospice earlier this year with his colleagues from Morgan Stanley, is among a group from the company who will take part in the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon on 1 October to raise funds for the Hospice.

Ross, along with Lauren McKinley and Barry Shields, have already smashed their fundraising target but we would like to help them raise even more!

Ross said: "We had the opportunity to volunteer (through our employer Morgan Stanley) at the Hospice this summer and were impressed with the level of care and attention all the staff had for the patients, their families and the positive environment they provided for both."

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